Parties break out to celebrate Thatcher's death

Celebrations have broken out across parts of the United Kingdom in the wake of news that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died.

Tributes and testimonials flowed from world leaders and well-wishers Monday following news of the Baroness’ death of a stroke, aged 87.

But many received the news with joy, taking to the streets across London, Glasgow and parts of Northern Ireland to celebrate.

A gathering of people on the streets of Brixton, south London, held signs that read "rejoice rejoice" and “Thatcher is dead," Reuters reports.

In video shot at the impromptu gathering, the crowd can also clearly be heard shouting "the witch is dead".

Brixton resident Ben Windsor, 40, said he had taken to the street because Thatcher represented "so much of what people hate about what has happened to Britain in the last 20, 30 years".

In Scotland, a large crowd assembled in Glasgow's George Square wearing party hats, popping streamers and cracking champagne.

Protests had raged in the same square in 1989 against Thatcher's controversial poll tax, Herald Scotland reports.

"I'm here for a generation that didn't have a future when they left school and didn't have jobs. I'm here for the members of my family who have been devastated by the economic policies or the economic crimes of Margaret Thatcher in the 80s in Glasgow," she said.

Celebrations were also taking place online, with many taking to Twitter expressing similar sentiment.

Scottish MP George Galloway tweeted, "Tramp the dirt down".

He later wrote: "Thatcher described Nelson Mandela as a "terrorist". I was there. I saw her lips move. May she burn in the hellfires."